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Yoram Gross Animation Award
Subcategory of Sydney Film Festival Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2021

winner form y separately published work icon Freedom Swimmer Olivia Martin-McGuire , ( dir. Olivia Martin-McGuire ) Australia : No Thing Productions , 2021 23435122 2021 single work film/TV

'A hybrid, poetic documentary interweaving hand-drawn animation and film, which tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2019

winner form y separately published work icon Sohrab and Rustum ( dir. Lee Whitmore ) Australia : 2018 16831469 2018 single work film/TV

'Sohrab and Rustum is the story of a young English teacher reading a poem to a class of teenage girls in 1960s Sydney. Through the poem, the girls are transported to ancient Persia where they witness a legendary fight between two warriors. The girls are confronted with the reality of death.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

winner form y separately published work icon The Crossing Marieka Walsh , ( dir. Marieka Walsh ) Australia : Studio Balloon , 2016 16834592 2016 single work film/TV

'A tender fable of an ageing sea captain, who risks the lives of his men when he decides to change course, taking his ship through a violent storm.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2018

winner form y separately published work icon Lost & Found Bradley Slabe , ( dir. Bradley Slabe et. al. )agent Australia : 2018 14128855 2018 single work film/TV

A knitted dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.

Year: 2017

winner form y separately published work icon Lost Property Office Daniel Agdag , ( dir. Daniel Agdag ) Australia : 8th In Line Productions Pty Ltd , 2017 14379818 2017 single work film/TV

'Ed is the sole custodian of a lost property office. In many ways he, himself is like the lost items gathering dust. But although he is content to remain this way a letter on his desk states otherwise. How he chooses to move on from his post is somewhat unorthodox.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Year: 2015

winner form y separately published work icon Grace Under Water Chrissie McMahon , ( dir. Anthony Lawrence ) Australia : Plasmation , 2014 8268174 2014 single work film/TV

'Lou is losing the cold war with her stubborn and enigmatic stepdaughter Grace when an unexpected challenge arises from the depths of a warm, dreamy afternoon at the local pool.'

Source: IMDB.

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